JGH v JGI

[2026] SGPHC 1 Protection from Harassment Court 17 June 2026 • PHC/10170/2025 • 20 min read
3 cases cited

Key facts

Court Protection from Harassment Court
Decided
Judge Lee Li Choon
Charges / claim Protection From Harassment

Source: [2026] SGPHC 1, Protection from Harassment Court, decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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Judges (1)

Parties (2)

Case Significance

In JGH v JGI [2026] SGPHC 1, Protection from Harassment Court Judge Lee Li Choon delivered judgment on 17 June 2026 after a three-day hearing (2 September 2025, 14 October 2025, and 6 January 2026) on a harassment claim and counterclaim between a tenant and her landlord’s household sharing an HDB unit. The claimant had lived peacefully in the respondent’s flat from 3 June 2023 until 13 January 2025, when the respondent’s son left for a university internship in Finland and the India-based respondent moved back into the property, telling the claimant and her husband on 23 January 2025 that he would also be residing there. The judgment cites 3 authorities and two statutes: the Protection from Harassment Act and the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act.

[2026] SGPHC 1 explained

JGH v JGI ([2026] SGPHC 1) is a Singapore judgment decided by the SGPHC on 17 June 2026. It is categorised under Protection From Harassment. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2026] SGPHC 1 about?

JGH v JGI ([2026] SGPHC 1) is a SGPHC decision from 2026. Its published catchwords are “Protection From Harassment – Threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour – Likelihood of harassment continuing – Damages”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Which legislation does [2026] SGPHC 1 consider?

The judgment refers to Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act (Cap 184) and Protection from Harassment Act (Cap 256A). The statutes cited are listed in full on this page, each linking to its primary text.

What triggered the harassment dispute in JGH v JGI [2026] SGPHC 1?

The dispute followed peaceful cohabitation in a shared HDB unit from 3 June 2023 to 13 January 2025; it escalated when the respondent’s son left for an internship in Finland and the India-based respondent moved back, telling the claimant on 23 January 2025 that he would also reside there.

Statutes Cited

Cases Cited (3)

SLR (3)
[2001] 3 SLR(R) 379 [2006] 1 SLR(R) 582 [2017] 5 SLR 316

Judgment

Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.

Read on eLitigation

Source: eLitigation ([2026] SGPHC 1)